Yearbook for Traditional Music. Vol. 17 (1985)

General Editor: Dieter Christensen

‘Editor's Preface’ by Dieter Christensen
‘Zoltán Kodály and the International Folk Music Council’ by Erich Stockmann
‘History in Ethnomusicology’ by Ludwik Bielawski and Ludwik Wiewiorkowski
‘Music and Dance Behavior in Anthropogenesis’ by Doris Stockmann
‘African Tone-Systems: A Reassessment’ by Gerhard Kubik
‘The Context of Venda Possession Music: Reflections on the Effectiveness of Symbols’ by John Blacking
‘Model, Variation and Performance. Ful'be Praise-Song in Northern Cameroon’ by Veit Erlmann
‘The Terminology of Batak Instrumental Music in Northern Sumatra’ by Artur Simon
‘The Kantu Ensemble of the Kallawaya at Charazani (Bolivia)’ by Max Peter Baumann
‘Lyoba: Appels au betail et identite en Haute-Gruyere (Suisse)’ by Sylvie Bolle-Zemp
‘An Instrumental Melody’ by Bálint Sárosi

Music in the Mind. The Concepts of Music and Musicians in Afghanistan by Hiromi Lorraine Sakata. Review by George Dimitri Sawa
Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century by David Johnson. Review by Carmelle Begin
Folk Songs of the Catskills by Norman Cazden; Herbert Haufrecht; Norman Studer; Notes and Sources for Folk Songs of the Catskills by Haufrecht Cazden; Studer. Review by Helen Myers
Songs of the Pintupi; Musical Life in a Central Australian Society by Richard M. Moyle. Review by Gerald Florian Messner
Folk Music and Modern Sound by William Ferris; Mary L. Hart. Review by Portia K. Maultsby
Finnish Folk Hymn Singing: Study in Music Anthropology by Paivikki Suojanen. Review by Terry E. Miller
El Folklore musical by Josep Crivillé i Bargalló. Review by Judith R. Cohen
The Theory of Music in Arabic Writings (c. 900-1900): Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in Libraries of Europe and the U. S. A. by Amnon Shiloah. Review by Salwa El-Shawan

Commercial Recordings of Papua New Guinea Music, 1949-1983 by Don Niles. Review by BC
Alternative Voices. Essays on Contemporary Vocal and Choral Composition by Istvan Anhalt. Review by BC

Música Indígena: A Arte Vocal dos Suyá by Anthony Seeger; Judith Seeger. Review by Jose Jorge De Carvalho
Music from Mozambique: Chopi Timbila by Ron Hallis. Review by Andrew Tracey
Music from Mozambique III by Ophera Hallis; Ron Hallis. Review by Andrew Tracey
Transylvanian Wedding Music by László Kürti. Review by Bela Halmos
Orient Okzident. Südosteuropa by Wolf Dietrich. Review by Annie Goffre
Inedit 1: Asie Centrale, Azerbaidjan, Touva et Bachkirie by Maison des Cultures du monde. Review by Mark Slobin and Annette Sanger
Once More: James Morrison and Tom Ennis. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Music in America Played on Fiddle and Uillean Pipes. Review by Philippe Varlet

Some Aspects of the Local Cassette Industry of Bali's Traditional Music. Review by Annette Sanger

International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance